Oil-gas-making apparatus



A. SEIDLER.

OIL GAS MAKING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED- NOV. 25. I918.

. 1 394 44 Patented Oct. 18, 1921..

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OIL GAS MAKING APPARATUS.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25. 1918.

1,394,446. Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

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A. SEIDLER.

0H. GAS MAKING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25. 1918.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

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nwlm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER SEIDLER, DE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 FREDERICK G.

AUSTIN, or CHICAGO, ICLLINOIS.

OIL-GAS-MAKING APPARATUS.

1,394,446. Specification of Lettersletent Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application filed November 25, 1918.; Serial No. 263,953.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER SEIDLER, formerly a citizen of Russia, but who have now applied for citizenship in the United States of America, and resident of Chicago, Illinois, have invented a certain. new and useful Improvement in Oil- GrasMaking Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention-relates to apparatus for converting various kinds of oil into gas which will produce a very hot flame for any suitable or desired purpose.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a unitary and portable apparatus having means for converting the oil into vapor and for combining the same with air or steam, or both, in order to produce .gas of the desired character.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features of construction and combinations tending to increase the general efliciency and the desirability of a portable oil burning plant of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other usefulends the invention consists in matters herein after set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a motor truck equipped with a unitary and portable apparatus involving the principles of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of said apparatus.

Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, with certain parts omitted for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of a furnace in which the nozzle or burner connected to said apparatus has been inserted to pro-' duce the high temperature necessary for melting the metal s contained in the crucibles or other receptacles.

As thus illustrated, the motor truck may be of any suitable, known or approved charactor. The front wheels 1 are connected with suitable steering gear in the usual mannor, while the rear wheels 2 furnish the traction and are connected for this purpose to the engine under the hood 3, in any suitable, known or approved manner, through the medium of the shaft 4:, which extends longitudinally of the truck. On the chassis an oil tank 5 is mounted directly behind the drivers position, and the rear end portion of the chassis provides a platform 6 to support the wheels 7 of the portable apparatus.

Said apparatus comprises a body or platform 8 supported by the wheels 7, and upon which is mounted the boiler 9 andthe other parts of the apparatus, It will be seen that the oil tank 10 is at one side of said boiler, and that the compressed air reservoir 11 is at the other side of said boiler, so that both are well heated. The compressed air reservoir 11 contains a steam coil 12 which is suitably connected at one end with the pipe 13 leading to the boiler, and which has an outlet 14 at its other end. An oil pump 15 is suitably mounted on the side of the boiler, and connected to discharge into the oil tank 10, being connected with the larger tank 5 through the medium of a pipe connection 16' which can be separated, for example, at 17, when the apparatus is removed from the truck. The air compressor 18 may be of any suitable, known or approved character, and is connected to discharge the compressed air through a pipe 19 into the reservoir 11, and through a pipe 20into the. oil tank 10, the latter requiring air pressure to feed the oil therefrom through v the discharge pipe 21. which leadsto the atomizer or gas-making machine 22, which latter can be of any suitable character, such as the one shown in my prior application, Serial No. 252,068, filed August 30, 1918. Said gas-making machine is also connected to the air reservoir 11 by a pipe 23, and a pipe 24 connects the steam outlet 14 with said machine, so that the latter is supplied with oil and steam and heated air. A valve 25 controls the supply of steam to said gas-making machine, being included in pipe connection 24, while a valve 26 in the pipe 2]. controls the supply of oil, and valve 27 in the air pipe 23 controls the supply of heated air, whereby the proportions of the mixture can be controlled or regulated at will.

.Vhen'the apparatus is standing on the truclnit is operated from the shaft i through the medium of a belt 28 which leads therefrom to the pulley 29 on the shaft of the air compressor 18, and the latter drives the oil pump 15 through the medium of a belt connection 30 of any suitable character. Of course, though, the apparatus must at times be removed from the truck, in order to bring it into operative relation to a furnace or other place where the gas generated from the oil is to be burned. In such case, the internal combustion engine 81, which is of any suitable character, and which is mounted on the boiler, is connected by'the Coupling 32 to the shaft of the air compressor 18, there by to drive the latter. Thus alternative methods are provided for operatingthe apparatus, so that the latter can be maintained in operation either on the truck or at some distance therefrom.

Any suitable means can be employed for heating the boiler 9, and, as shown in the drawings, this is accomplished by means of an ordinary gas burner 33, of any suitable character, or it may be an oil burner.

The oil and steam and air combined within the hollow body of the gas-making machine 22 is conducted through a pipe connection 34L, of any suitable character, to the nozzle or burner 35, which latter may also be of any suitable character. Steam or air, or both, is also by-passed through the machine 22, as described in said prior application, and supplied through the pipe connection 36 to said nozzle or burner, if desired, thereby to dilute the mixture, and producing a flame ot the desired character. The furnace shown in Fig. 4 may be of any suitable character, and is only illustrative of one use of the invention, the heat from the flame produced by burning the gas serving to melt the metal in the crucibles 37, in a manner that will bereadily understood. 7

The portable apparatus shown and described may, however, be employed for any suitable, known or approved purpose, and forms a unitary and self-contained plant for supplying the various fluids which are necessary or desirable in the generation. of

gas of the desired character. The apparatus is designed more especially with reference to its use inplaces or under conditions which afford no steam or air pressure, or where it would be difiicult to obtain these things. The apparatus can be rolled onto the truck, transported to the place where the heat is required, and is entirely complete in itself, and provides a unitary and portable means for converting various kinds of oils, such as naphtha, petroleum, or even pitch, into a gas which produces a very hot 'flame.

The degree of pressure to be maintained in the boiler 9, and the degree of pressure to be maintained in the reservoir 11, will depend, of course, upon conditions, but there shouldbe pressure at all times sufficient to keep the gas-making machine 22 in opera tion, and to keep the flame burning properly at the burner 85; and the pressure to be maintained in the oil tank 16 will depend upon how inst the oil is required to be supplied to said gasinaking machine. The internal combustion engine. 31 should be of sufiicient power to operate the air compressor eeann;

the tank 10 and-the reservoir 11 is a strong and rlgid character, and is amply, sufficient to support the pump and compressor and engine in the manner shown and described, and this structure is carried by the platform 8 which. forms the main body-frame of the unitary and portable apparatus. As shown,

the gas machine 22 is supported on said main body frame at the outer side of the reservoir 11, but it will be understood that this machine can be supported in any suitable place on the apparatus, or that, if desired, it may be supported elsewhere and not carried on the unitary apparatus. While the pump 15 is shown secured to the side of the boiler 9, it will be understood that it can be mounted in any suitable or desired manner, andcan be arranged in any convenient position, but with the arrangement shown the pump is close to the oil tank 10, and discharges directly into this tank. Of course, when necessary the pump is disconnected from the other tank 5, in the manner explained, and at such time the belt 30 can be disconnected to prevent operation of the pump. I

ld hat I claim as my invention is 1. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a boiler for producing steam pressure, a compressed airreservoir at one side of said boiler, an oil tank at the other side ofsaid boiler, so arranged that V the reservoir and tank will be heated by the boiler, an air compressor mounted on the structure to supply compressed air to said reservoir, and to furnish air pressure to the oil tank, means for heating the boiler, a steam connection leading from the boiler, an oil feeding connection leading from said tank, and an air pipe leading from said reservoir.

2. A structure as specified inclaim 1, in combination with apump for supplying oil to said tank, mounted on the structure of said apparatus, and a connection from the air compressor to the pump.

A structure as specified in claim 1, said steam connection including a coil located inthe compressed air reservoir.

i. A structure as specified in claim l, in combination with supporting wheels for the apparatus, and a prime mover mounted on the structure to operatethe air compressor. V i i 5. A structure as specified in claim 1, in

combination with a motor truck upon the rear portion of which the apparatus is mounted, and connecting means through which power is communicated from the engine of the truck to said air compressor.

6. A structure as specified in claim 1, in combination with supporting wheels for the apparatus, a prime mover mounted on the structure to operate the air compressor, a motor truck upon the rear portion of which the apparatus is mounted, connecting means through which power is communicated from the engine of the truck to said compressor, so that the compressor may be operated by power from said engine or from said prime mover, and means on the truck to support said wheels, substantially as shown and described.

7. A structure as specified in claim 1, means for receiving the oil and air and steam to form a gaseous mixture, and means to supply the mixture to a point more or less remote from said apparatus, and for burning the mixture to produce heat for any desired purpose.

8. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a main body frame, a boiler mounted on said body frame, a compressed air reservoir and an oil tank associated with said boiler, an air compressor carried on the structure of the apparatus, connections to supply air from the compressor to said reservoir and tank, steam and air and oil connections leading respectively from said boiler and reservoir and tank, wheels to support said main body frame, motive power on said apparatus to operate said compressor, a vehicle, and means on said vehicle to receive said wheels, so that the apparatus can be removed as a selfcontained unit from the vehicle.

9. A structure as specified in claim 8, in combination with a main oil tank on said motor truck to supply oil to the previously mentioned tank of said apparatus, and a pump on said apparatus to draw the oil from said main supply tank and discharge it into said other tank.

10. A structure as specified in claim 8, said vehicle being self-propelled, in combination with means to connect the air compressor with the motive power of the vehicle.

11. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a motor truck, a selfcontained machine for vaporizing and converting oil into gaseous fuel, and means removably supporting said machine on said truck, so that said machine may be operated either on or oil the truck.

12. A structure as specified in claim 11, in combination with means whereby said machine, when carried on the truck, is operable by the motor of said truck.

13. A structure as specified in claim 11, said machine comprising a steam boiler.

14. A structure as specified in claim 11, said machine comprising an air compressor and an oil pump, and a prime mover to operate said compressor and pump when the machine is off the truck,

15. In apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination of a steam boiler, an oil tank atone side of said boiler, an air reservoir at the other side of said boiler, so that both the oil and the air are heated from the boiler, a burner below said boiler, an oil pump, means to operate said pump, an air compressor operated by said means, and a vaporizer connected to receive the oil, air and steam.

16. A structure as specified in claim 15, in combination with a body frame upon which said entire apparatus is mounted, and means whereby said body frame is portable to permit the apparatus to be moved about.

ALEXANDER SEIDLER. 

